LEXAPRO Reviews (ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE)Average Rating: 3.2 (2093 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LEXAPRO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEXAPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | depression, anxiety | lethargy, weight gain. horrible withdrawals | HELPFUL HINTS re. WEIGHT GAIN: For me, the weight gain WAS controllable but I needed Weight Watchers (WW) to do it. I thought I had been exercising and eating the same but in actuality I wasn't paying as much attention to everything I ate and did. That's part of the point - the med makes you not so obsessive over every minute detail of life. WW may sound tedious but I actually feel better because I'm more in control of my body. A good WW meeting is also a great support. | F | 33 | 2 years | 4/16/2007 | 4 | depression, anxiety | lethargy, weight gain, withdrawal when trying to stop. | HELPFUL HINTS re. LETHARGY: Try taking it at night. Also, maybe you need LESS not more. (My doctor thought the tiredness, oversleeping, and lack of motivation was depression coming back and tried to up my meds. BAD. Actually neeeded to go down.) If you have trouble falling asleep, try Benadryl - this also helped me with the nightmares. | F | 33 | 2 years | 4/16/2007 | 4 | depression, anxiety | lethargy, weight gain, withdrawal when trying to stop. | HELPFUL HINTS re. WITHDRAWALS: If you decide to go off the med, go slow! And be patient with yourself because you will undoubtedly suffer for it. This is NOT a fun med to stop. I find caffeine helpful for withdrawals (but couldn't drink it while on Lex). (Lexapro did help me with overreacting to stupid things, thinking more clearly, being more rationale, and controlling emotional reactions. I'm trying to stop it now simply because I dislike needing a med to be in control.) God bless to you all and thank you soooo much for sharing. Especially the stewardess story about the gum and the flip flops. LOL - I can so relate :) | F | 33 | 2 years | 4/16/2007 | 4 | depression, anxiety | lethargy, weight gain, withdrawal when trying to stop. | HELPFUL HINTS re. just starting out: I'm looking through all the comments for some guidance about whether to stay on it and the negative comments seem more pervasive for those who are 1 months or less into it. This may mean the doctor did not set expectations properly. It takes awhile to adjust. And as we are all different, maybe it is just the wrong one for you - but it's hard to tell in less than a month. | F | 33 | 2 years | 4/16/2007 | 4 | bipolar | short-term memory loss | Sometimes I will forgot what I am doing or what I am talking about, which gets embarrasing at work. But on the up side, I am not freaking out about being embarrased, I don't hear the negative voices in my head anymore either. I don't cry everyday when I am driving in the car. My spouse said there is a big difference in my outlook on life. I also seem to be more patient with my children. Note - I am also on Lamictal, a mood stabilizer, and was on it for 4 months before beginning the Lexapro. | F | 28 | 2.5 months | 4/15/2007 | 3 | anxiety and depression | VERY shaky the first 2 weeks, nauseated all the time, I've actually lost about 15 pounds, ITCHING that is about to drive me crazy, thinking wierd thoughts, and sometimes I just lay there and I feel like I'm floating.No sexual side effects yet that I've noticed. Complete loss of appetite, I have to make myself eat. | I've only been taking it about a month, and I suppose I should wait a little longer to see if it builds up in my system enough to actually do something, but I don't feel any different so far emotionally while being on lexapro. The only difference that I feel is sick all the time from the side effects. The shaking was so bad the first 2 weeks I couldn't even drink unless it was from a straw or I would spill all over myself. I'm going to give the pill 2 months to see if it starts to work, but then I'm getting off it asap because the side effects are making me crazy. I told my sister now I understand why people commit suicide after taking antidepressants. The side effects. But everyone should always remember that we all react differently to different medications, and this may work for me yet and it may be wonderful for others. Every person is unique. | F | 22 | 1 months | 4/15/2007 | 5 | Depression and GAD | I have found myself waking up every 2-3 hours and general fatigue during the day. Loss of appetite. Since starting Lexapro about a month ago, have found myself extremely constipated, which I am assuming is a side effect. Also lack of sex drive. | After listing all of the side effects, it may sound funny to say this, but I have loved Lexapro. I have been on Effexor and Wellbutrin XL as well as multiple anti-anxiety and anti-seizure drugs over the past year and a half. My mental health has been awesome... barely any anxiety or major depression symptoms which has made it easier to deal with the physical side effects. I would highly reccomend this drug. | F | 21 | 4 weeks | 4/14/2007 | 5 | depression | dizziness, extremely tired but can't get to sleep and then when I do I wake up 2-3 times per hour, loss of appetite | I am on 10 mg and it has been incredible for me. I no longer sweat the small stuff. I used to have real anxiety problems with the thought of going out and those pretty much vanished in 2 days. I've had one really bad day where I was terribly down but it went away the next day...1 bad day in 10 is way better than the 10 in 10 I was experiencing previously | M | 39 | 10 days | 4/13/2007 | 4 | GAD | I was first given lexapro for extreme anxiety and depression ,Side effects within in 1st month included headaches,dry mouth,vomiting, really bad jaw clenching, nightmares,and sweating,for the first month of taking it i was worse anxiety 100 X worse even tho i was only on5 mg's , once upped to 10 mg's things started getting better anxiety lessened and i was less obsessive about things, after being on it for about 2 months now things are slowly getting back to the way they were i think i need to have medication upped, overall excellent drug , symptoms have all gone away except the sweating but i can live that considering the alternative. I would recommend this drug , found it's been very helpful =) ! | F | 23 | 2 months | 4/13/2007 | 2 | Depression | Jaw clenching, palm sweating, weight gain, trouble sleeping, vidid, disturbing dreams, fuzzy, flat feeling | I started taking Lexapro after a series of setbacks which left me severely depressed and anxious. At first it took the edge off the anxiety. But after taking it for several weeks, I began to realize that the drug was causing me more harm than good. The side effects were awful. Although I was not feeling bad, I couldn't feel anything ...I lost my focus in life. I didn't care about anything at all. I gradually "weaned" my self off the drug (with some bad withdrawal effects) and I feel almost like I have my life back again. Basically, it worked short term to get me through a bad time, but the end results were not worth it. I would not recommend this medication. | F | 38 | 2 months | 4/13/2007 | 3 | depression | at first i was smiling and all i lost a lot of weight i didn't want to have sex but overall it helped me until i decided to stop taking it on my own thats when the nightmares came. | i believe that lexapro is a good drug for someone that has a serious depression problem. it is not your everyday medication but will have you smiling fro nothing lol. i have been taking lexapro since my car accident and it has helped me with dealing with a lag that almost got torn off my body but ha it's a winner | F | 25 | 6 months | 4/12/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Jaw clenching, decrease in vaginal lubrication during sex but still able to reach orgasm. Best SSRI I've ever taken...makes me feel "normal" but doesn't give me a flat affect. | F | 30 | 6 weeks | 4/11/2007 | 4 | anxiety | teeth clenching, muscle cramps and weight loss | I have reduced my dosage from 10 mg to 5 mg per day..Using the pill cutter from CVS. I do have some dperession symptoms but I am learning to deal with them. Hopefully this is my way to slowly wean myself off this drug | M | 51 | 6 weeks | 4/11/2007 | 3 | general anxiety disorder | Teeth clenching, muscle cramps, weight loss. | I noticed that a couple of other people over 50 years old on this post have weight loss and muscle cramps. | M | 50 | 6 weeks | 4/10/2007 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | Sweating, dizziness | Within 2 hours of taking my first dose, I got extremely hot and dizzy. I passed out in a bathroom, hit the toilet, got a gash requiring five stitches across my nose, a cut near my eyelid, and lost a tooth. My blood pressure plummeted to 60/40, and I was transported to the emergency room. I've recovered, but will never take another dose. | F | 52 | 1 days | 4/10/2007 | 3 | Anxiety/Depression | loss of sex drive, maybe some weight gain, generally don't give a shit about stuff getting done. | I switched to Lexapro after not receiving anxiety benefits from Wellbutrin XL. Virtually every person on my Mom's side of the family has had/has depression. I'm a college student. I have GAD...I basically was anxious throughout my entire life. Though, depression started kicking in this year of college. Based on my family history, the docs said i should be prescribed on something. I was excited about going on lexapro. The doctors said an SSRI drug should help me with my anxiety. Lexapro is basically an updated form of Celexa, with supposedly less side effects. The guys who created Celexa made Lexapro based off Celexa models. They did this so they wouldn't lose money when Celexa's patent expired and companies made generic models. I learned this because my insurance company wouldn't cover any Lexapro because they said Celexa "was almost the same thing"........and it f-ing better be....cause my college ass can't afford chipping out 80 bucks a month for 30 Lexapro | M | 20 | 3 days | 4/9/2007 | 2 | Depression | 1st month, no problems except headache. 2nd month aha..yawning jaw clenching, stomach ache, sweating, LOTS of brusing, severe muscle cramps, right hand tremor, headaches. zombie waking, palpitations & slow heartbeat, nightmares | am trying to wean off right now. Hopefully no long term problems!! | F | 59 | 2 months | 4/9/2007 | 1 | bi-polar | death | My beautiful 23 year old daughter was on Lexapro for about 2 months. She was having bad cramps, so her MD prescribed Vicodin. She took one Vic, and (unwisely) had 2 beers with friends. She suddenly developed encephalopthy and dropped dead. It all happened within 10 minutes. Please warn others about taking combinations of meds, even if MD prescribed. | F | 23 | 2 months | 4/9/2007 | 1 | chronic depression | none at first, then increased to 15mg. Within 2 days I became agitated, had unpleasant dreams, and experienced auditory halucinations. It was like hell, a ride down the River Styxx. Thank God these side effects went away after cutting dosage down to 5 mg. Not enough known about these drugs, too scary! | Who knows what long term effects these drugs wil have on your brain? After my experience I will not use them again. I'm seeing a cognitive behavioral therapist. | F | 51 | 10 weeks | 4/9/2007 | 4 | Depression | Weight gain, I wouldn't say a loss of sex drive but it is much more difficult to ejaculate | I had no side effects at 10 mg but when it got moved up to 20 mg the side effects started | M | 41 | 2 years | 4/7/2007 |